title: Current concepts in anaesthesia for shoulder surgery.
abstract: There has been an exponential growth in the volume of shoulder surgery in the last 2 decades and a very wide variety of anaesthetic techniques have emerged to provide anaesthesia and post-operative analgesia. In this article we examine current opinion, risks, benefits and practicalities of anaesthetic practice and the provision of post-operative analgesia for shoulder surgery.
authors.affiliation: East Cheshire NHS Trust, Victoria Rd, Macclesfield, SK10 3BL, UK.
authors.forename: Lutfi
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Sulaiman
authors.forename: Robert J
authors.initials: RJ
authors.lastname: Macfarlane
authors.forename: Mohammad
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Waseem
keywords: interscalene block; local anaesthetics; regional anaesthesia; shoulder surgery.